Still waiting for my mech, quick question on battery life.

[conanthewarrior]

Hi everybody, hope you are all OK.

I am still waiting for my nemesis clone, was shipped on the 21st, but there has been a bank holiday (Think they are called public holidays in the USA) so that may of added to the delay. Should be here anyday now though.

I am going to be building around 0.7 Ohms to get around 25 watts. That is all the power I want from a single coil RDA, or 0.8 in my Lemo as I want around 22-23 watts and below.

Will a mechanical mods charge last longer, shorter, or the same as a regulated mod?

I was guessing shorter due to there being no chip to regulate the power, but then I thought maybe that very chip uses more power, so the mech may last longer?

I thought I would ask here as it is the mech section. I will be using 25R's for my build's as I am not going super low, the lowest I will ever go is 0.3 and that is if I need near 60 watts for a dual coil build. But single coils do satisfy me at 25 watts, and because of the simplicity, and less drain, plus it only pulls like 5-6 amps fort my lemo, and the same for single coil RDA's, 14 AMP's is the max draw if I wanted to go for a dual coil build, but I don't due to battery life. I want the battery to last as long as possible, while still getting a satisfying vape.

So, would I manage to make a mech an ADV? Or would it only be a device that works for a few hours before it needs a fresh battery, and don't even think of taking mechs out with me due to this?

Thanks to everyone on here that helps me. You all have taught me literally everything i know about vaping, apart from coils. I learned how to make them on youtube, and have tried some of the more funky stuff like the single wire tricoil and claptons, all from some guy called RIP Trippers. I did hear from a shop, that he asks for a 2% share of any companies product he reviews? Is there any truth to this, or is it balls?
I know how many viewers he gets, so makes money from that, but also shares in all these companies would add up his revenue.

I am going off track now, sorry.

Again, thanks to all that help me on this fun journey of learning and vaping.

 

[Neunerball]

You can get this information from http://www.steam-engine.org/batt.asp. Just enter your coil(s) resistance and your battery. In the lower right, it'll show you what you're looking for.

 

[Mike H.]

Dont expect battery life to be an equal to a regulated mod...For one, you need to stop using the battery once you reach around the 3.6v area...This alone is a big loss in useage time compared to being able to go down to 2.5v with some regulateds....I prefer to not go below 3.2v personally on anything i use regulated.

As you use the battery in the mech mod your voltage will start at around 4.2v and drop with every toke taken...Its important to know when to stop using the battery in a mech mod...so checking the voltage periodically is a good habit to form with them...As you get used to using the mech ,you will be able to tell based on performance when it is around time to switch out for another battery.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Ahh, well in the steam engine calculator it says I should get more, quite a bit more actually :S. I set it at 30 watts, and tried regulated, that was 19 minutes, then a mech was 24 minutes with a 0.6 coil.

 

[Robert B]

All things being equal, should last roughly the same, no? maybe less on a regulated since the battery is powering up all the electronics too? Just guessing, since the only regulated mod I have uses a lipo.

 

[Mike H.]

Ive not noticed my mech lasting longer than say the sigelei mini...Just my experience.

Even using the same atty or tank ive always noticed it not lasting as long.

At 3.6v where you should stop with the mech is close to like 1/2 battery power still left in a regulated.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Ive not noticed my mech lasting longer than say the sigelei mini...Just my experience.

Even using the same atty or tank ive always noticed it not lasting as long.

At 3.6v where you should stop with the mech is close to like 1/2 battery power still left in a regulated.

Hmm ok. I will definitely notice the power level drop wont I? Like it will be a noticeable reduction in output? I gather that the steam engine calculator may of been discharging both to 3.1V maybe, so really it is half, so 12 minutes, vs 19 for the regulated. I hope it comes tomorrow though, I don't know why, but I really want to use a mech for a little while. I guess it will make me extra extra cautious.

Hope for tommorows post, it was shipped on the 21st and the tracker says it has arrived in destination country,that was over the weekend, but yesterday was bank holiday monday (Public holiday) so no post, fingers crossed for tomorrow.

On a different note, any metal gear fans here? I got the phantom pain today. 8AM when sainsburys opened. Plus it was only £42.99, in some shops its £59.99, so saved 17 pounds. That will go on batteries ready for the Xcube 2 .

 

[Mike H.]

You will notice with the mech mod the quality of vape dropping...with 4.2v and a .7 ohm coil it may be x amount of watts..now ,as the voltage drop so will the wattage...so you might start at (as an example) 20 watts with a fully charged battery and then 8 watts at 3.6v...Just an example and ,not correct numbers...Unlike you can control in a regulated, the mech mod diminishes the vape as voltage drops.

A huge difference from 4.2v to 3.6v...They are enjoyable for a short period of time.

 

[Mike H.]

With a .5 ohm coil all my mechs see 3.8v at the atty..so you arent getting the full 4.2v per say to the coil...so by the time the battery voltage drops to 3.6v the atty is seeing even less making it not such a great vape.

 

[conanthewarrior]

With a .5 ohm coil all my mechs see 3.8v at the atty..so you arent getting the full 4.2v per say to the coil...so by the time the battery voltage drops to 3.6v the atty is seeing even less making it not such a great vape.

Ahh I get it a bit more now. My attys are not actually getting the full 4.2V, which would make complete sense, as I have a 0.6 in there expecting around 35 watts, but it seems to be nearer 30. At 3.9 and under, it is producing less than 30 watts, not 35, so thats why its so nice and enjoyable.

I find it is a very good device for sampling my mixes, I have mainly been using it with the El cabron, single coil, one air hole, or both airholes opened half. I am using a thin drip tip, so the flavour is immense.

I ordered a Smok XCUBE 2 today, so I am not a convert to mechs, but I probably will get them in the future, for the collection, as there is some very prettty ones out there. My fiancee has ordered a Blue/green and silver nemesis clone, I am setting it up for her with her RDA, to make sure it is safe, and she only wants to use it at mine. She knows she will do something silly at home with it, and not be able to get the firing mechanism back together, or create a short messing about.

She knows, with me there I wont let her do that lol.